Chapter 260: Earth Mouse (1/2)
Seeing me fight, He Yi and Lin Yixin couldn't help but feel pleased.
”Lu Chen, when did you learn Thousand Mirage Slash?” Lin Yixin pouted. ”Why don’t I have an AoE skill...”
”I know right!” He Yi nodded. ”Melee players usually don’t have AoE skills. I keep feeling like I am missing something. I kill monsters so slowly...”
I sank into distant memories and thought back. I looked up and said, ”Yiyi, remember when we were in Ancient Thunder Temple together? The last boss was the Thunder General. His signature skill was Thousand Mirage Slash. Coincidentally, I dropped this very skill book. I asked you if you wanted it and you generously gave it to me...”
”Ah?!”
Lin Yixin had a shocked expression that soon morphed into deep regret. ”Why was I so stupid then...”
”Who knows...”
I smiled and comforted her. ”No worries. If we kill more bosses and do more quests, we can get a melee AoE skill book sooner or later. The game is about effort. The more effort you put in, the sooner the system will eventually repay you.”
”Right, right, let's first finish this quest!”
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Beiming Xue was silent, her expression grave, as she pulled the string of the Purgatory Bow and sent Evil Spirit Volley into the monster swarm. Excluding me, Beiming Xue was our strongest DPS. Her Evil Spirit Volley had the splash property. As the nine arrows fell into the spider swarm, the damage was redirected to the surrounding insects, eliciting sharp screeches.
At the front of the team, I, Lin Yixin, and He Yi had enough Defense to tank the Mountain Spiders. They were just Level 85 elites, and couldn’t be too strong. We also picked a good position that would only let us face only one or two Mountain Spiders at a time. With Murong Mingyue's healing abilities, she could easily keep our HP above 75%. All in all, we were really safe.
Swoosh Swoosh!
My luck exploded and rewarded me with two 5%-chance Purgatory Slashes in quick succession. They tore through the air and landed amid the tide of spiders. Splash damage sealed the deal, killing many Mountain Spiders, leaving their blood sacs, magic stones and items in their wake.
I looked at the time. We had fought for almost half an hour, and our experience had increased by nearly 20%. Our clearing speed was very good!
Pity that the Mountain Spiders were about finished. Otherwise, if we fought through the night, I could get really close to Level 90 tonight...
”Work to kill the last Mountain Spiders!”
I raised my sword. Pardon + Desperate Gambit!
Crack!
5401!
A Mountain Spider immediately fell to the ground, a rich stream of experience flowing over, causing my body to warm. A pillar of golden light fell on my head. I leveled up!
Ding~!
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”Hm, 42 Tactics?” I was surprised. ”Players over Level 80 receive Tactics points when leveling up?”
Lin Yixin shook her head. ”No, the system setup is like this. After players reach Level 80, they will get 1 Tactics every two levels. Tacticians get 1 Tactics per level. You are Level 84, so the system has given you 42 Tactics. You can now learn low-rank General Skills...”
”Here, I have a stratagem book, do you want to learn...”
Lin Yixin took out a yellow skill book from her bag. I glanced at it and was speechless.
Encourage: Increases all party member’s attack power by 5%. Usage Requirement: 20 Tactics.
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”Um, this is a skill that tacticians learn when they reach Level 20?” I asked.
”Yes, do you want to learn?” Lin Yixin laughed softly. ”I spent a lot to buy this book...”
I said expressionlessly, ”Have you spent more than 1 gold? Hmph, I won’t use this low-level skill. Just 5% attack power, it's too low. My Wild Roar boosts attack power by 15%, Encourage is much worse...”
Lin Yixin pouted. ”Never mind, I will leave it for myself...”
As I spoke, He Yi killed a Mountain Spider and gold light washed over her. Soon after, Lin Yixin reached Level 80 and received 40 Tactics. Without hesitation, she used the skill book and asked me for party leader. She used the skill, boosting all of our attack power by 5%!
Damn, so Encourage and Wild Roar stacked? Very good. Now, each of us had a 20% boost to our Attack. It was like having a high-level bard buffing us with Divine Valor. So good!
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Seeing Lin Yixin's General Skill, Murong Mingyue laughed. ”It seems that the age of military generals dominating in Heavenblessed's servers have arrived...”
”Yes!”
I swung the Purgatory Sword and killed the last few Mountain Spiders. During the fight, my experience rose by 30%, and all the girls leveled up at least once. The experience was abundant!
We began sweeping the battlefield clean. According to our earlier agreement, Lin Yixin took nothing but the Mountain Spider Blood Sacs. Actually, their value was even higher than normal items’.
No one wanted the stones so we turned our attention toward the equipment.